on the ground

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英文释义

介词短语
  1. In an area (location) of interest or active operations, versus outside that area (and especially, far away from it).
    — You might feel differently about this policy if you were on the ground in a war zone.
  2. In the daily life of the general public, or at least in that of some group of people who aren't out-of-touch elites.
    — Near-synonyms: on the street, in the streets, in reality, in the real world
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, ground.
    — I'm still surprised that I found a hundred-dollar bill just lying on the ground.
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